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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event OAK71FVG56

1971-03-16 LINCOLN, California, United States Serious 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982)

NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.

Aircraft

CESSNA 150B · N7304X

Damage

Destroyed

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

EB

Operator type

D

Airport

LINCOLN

Kind of flying

A3

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

150° / 4 kt

Temp

60° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

000015059404

Total time

3,878 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Airline transport

Total hours

14

Age

47

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

WY.

Investigator remarks

ESTB APCH TOO FAR OUT,HIT PWR LINES 1400FT BFR R

Cause factors

  • 64/C/48 C
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE Cause
  • 83/B/I B
    TERRAIN HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0295. Source file NTSB_1971_3_0295.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.